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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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